Daydreams and the Function of Fantasy [electronic resource] /
Regis, M.author.
This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Obsessive Fans and Daydreaming Computers - A New Model of Daydreaming -- 2. Empirical Studies on Daydreaming -- 3. The Major Models of Daydreaming -- 4. Frequent Daydreaming Populations and Systems of Fantasy Immersion -- 5. The Inner Workings of Fantasy: Daydreams as Natural Advertisements -- 6. Celebrity Worship and Fantasy Immersion -- 7. Escapes into Fiction: Violent Sexual Fantasy, Magical Reversal and Human Sexuality -- 8. The Origins of Daydreaming: Self-Soothing Practices in Early Childhood -- 9. General Conclusions.
This book seeks to re-define the role of fantasy in human life by overturning mainstream psychology's understanding of daydreams as being task-distracted mind wandering by proposing that all waking fantasies function to transform mood states into specific emotional reactions.
Psychology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Cultural studies.
Experiential research.
Emotions.
Popular Science in Psychology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Cultural Studies.
Psychology Research.
Emotion.